Yiddish Dances - MC0047 | Partitions

"Yiddish Dances" was composed in honor of Timothy Reynish’s 60th birthday. Adam Gorb writes that the work is "very much a party piece, bringing together two of my abiding musical passions: the Symphonic Wind Orchestra and Klezmer. The five movements are all based on set Klezmer dances, the folk music of the Yiddish-speaking people: Khosidl (music moving freely between satire, sentimentality and pathos); Terkische (an up-tempo Jewish tango); Doina (a free recitative in which various instruments in the band get a chance to show off); Hora (a slow 3/8 time dance with a characteristic rocking rhythm); and Freylachs (very fast in which themes from the previous movements are recalled, ending in a "riotous booze-up" for all concerned."